[REVIEW] MACHINE HEAD - ‘UNATØNED’ LP.
Music, Reviews, Album Reviews Brady Irwin Music, Reviews, Album Reviews Brady Irwin

[REVIEW] MACHINE HEAD - ‘UNATØNED’ LP.

Time for our latest album review here at Inner-Strength Check! Today, we take a detour from Australian election shenanigans to bring something decidedly less chaotic/painful to your sensory organs. Pod host Brady provides thoughts on Machine Head’s 11th studio opus, UNATØNED, released April 25th via Nuclear Blast Records. Check link for review plus single streaming, album order, artist/label links and more!

Read More
[Review] NOTHING - ‘The Self-Repair Manifesto’ LP.
Album Reviews, Reviews, Music Brady Irwin Album Reviews, Reviews, Music Brady Irwin

[Review] NOTHING - ‘The Self-Repair Manifesto’ LP.

Never deny the crushing, expansive sonic potential of a three-piece. Perfectly exemplary of this, Melbourne’s progressive/ brutal death-metal purveyors NOTHING are set to release their debut LP The Self-Repair Manifesto on March 26th. Ahead of time, ISC writer Dean has provided an in-depth, track-by-track analysis of this local extreme outfits’ savage experimentation. Check the link for the review, album preorder links, artist website/socials, LP singles and more!

Read More
[Archive Review] Nest - ‘Metempsychosis’ LP.
Music, Album Reviews, Reviews Brady Irwin Music, Album Reviews, Reviews Brady Irwin

[Archive Review] Nest - ‘Metempsychosis’ LP.

This post has been through the wringer! Originally posted to Overdrive Music Magazine in 2019 (many thanks to Sebastian for permission to repost) in my time as Senior Contributor, it then made it onto our old blog in December ‘24 - right as our previous website met its’ demise. This is one well worth revisiting, however, as Nest’s bludgeoning LP Metempsychosis is an abrasive, expansive sludge/death metal bruiser that clearly stood the test of time.

Read More
[Archive Review] - Cannibal Corpse: Unimagined Violence.
Brady Irwin Brady Irwin

[Archive Review] - Cannibal Corpse: Unimagined Violence.

Archive review of Cannibal Corpse’s blazing full-length Unimaged Violence. This was originally posted to now-defunct music journalism online outlet Insert Review Here, then my own sadly-also-goner ISC.com. Check out this extreme metal bruiser of a review once more right here on the new site!

Read More